A 19st rugby player suffered a stroke while training - and discovered when he woke up that he was gay.

Chris Birch, 26, had proposed to his girlfriend and worked in a bank when he suffered a freak accident in the gym.

The rugby-loving Welshman was trying to impress his friends with a back flip but broke his neck and suffered a stroke.

He worked in a bank and spent his weekends watching sport and drinking beer with his rugby friends.

But after the stroke he found he was no longer interested in sport and had little in common with his old friends.

He quit his job to become a hairdresser and started dating a man he met at a club night.

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